Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) Updates

In our new report “Assessing environmental degradation in southern Ukraine,” Norwegian People’s Aid, and CEOBS highlight significant pollution, infrastructure damage, and threats to agriculture and...

Further escalation in the Middle East will bring further environmental degradation, harming people and ecosystems. A year of escalating conflict across the Middle East has had a range of direct and...

Tracking fires can help locate informal dumpsites that pose health and environmental risks to communities. The war in Yemen has profoundly affected solid waste management, increasing open dumping and...

Climate change is already affecting areas contaminated by landmines and other explosive remnants of war. Linsey Cottrell explains the key issues, and how the mine action sector should prepare and...

Examine environmental harm through 25 case studies sourced from CEOBS’ Ukraine incident database. CEOBS has been remotely tracking and assessing environmentally-relevant incidents in Ukraine since...

Thank you to all the panellists for the insightful discussion which highlighted the important connection between mine action and food security. The release of contaminated land for agricultural use...

About this project summary The intensive use of explosive weapons (EW) in Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on people, livelihoods and ecosystems. The project Protecting the environment in armed...

Russia’s war against Ukraine is having devastating humanitarian, social, economic and environmental consequences. This report contributes to response and recovery planning in Ukraine by providing a...

Overview The intensity and visibility of wartime environmental damage in Ukraine has helped focus attention on who is collecting data, and for what purpose. On the surface, the conflict’s...

The catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya is a human and environmental disaster that has claimed thousands of lives. In this report we examine the main environmental considerations in the short and...

Following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, CEOBS was asked by UNEP to provide an initial assessment of the potential risks to the environment. Our analysis focused on identifying industrial...

24 February 2023 | Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 is causing immense human suffering and loss of life. This war remains equally destructive for the environment, in turn affecting...

Time to transition to PERAC implementation. States at the UN General Assembly have formally adopted a set of 27 legal principles intended to enhance the protection of the environment throughout the...

In a collaboration between Airwars and CEOBS, we explore the immediate and reverberating consequences of the use explosive weapons during the 10 day conflict in Gaza in May 2021. Research...

Will the visibility of environmental damage in Ukraine translate into action to address the risks it poses to human health and ecosystems? An unprecedented volume of environmental data is being...

An Open Letter to US, UK, EU Member States, and other UN Donor Countries Yemen: Act to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe Oil Tanker Salvage Operation Requires Immediate Funding (Beirut) – Governments...

Overview Our satellite analysis has identified hotspots of conflict-driven vegetation loss in Tigray in 2021 along the border with Amhara, around Kafta-Sheraro National Park in the north, and in the...